Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
Cathay Pacific tests Google AI that dramatically cuts airplane contrails — tiny altitude shifts slash environmental impact by 40% in early trials
Google’s contrail mitigation tech is expanding to a new region It uses AI to get planes to avoid cold, humid air Contrails account for a third of aviation’s impact on the climate Following similar projects across US airspace and the North Atlantic ocean, Google is partnering with the Cathay-Pacific airline…
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‘The planets aligned’: Nvidia confirms $12.9bn Hugging Face deal in potentially huge AI shake-up
Nvidia pays $11.9 billion for Hugging Face, and a further $1 billion in equity-based retention The company promises to keep Hugging Face “an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has publicly supported open weight models Nvidia has confirmed plans to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9…
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Why is there so much worry about OpenAI Astra, and what issues could ‘recurrent depth’ reasoning cause? The experts weigh in
OpenAI has unveiled a much anticipated AI model which the firm has dubbed ‘GPT-6 Astra’. While the model has improved significantly across benchmark testing and brings a host of new business features, there is still a dark cloud looming over the new model. Off the back of OpenAI’s accidental hack…
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OpenAI warns about how good Astra model is at cracking cybersecurity, releases it anyway because it took ‘years of research and big bets’
OpenAI rolled out GPT‑6 Astra, its most advanced AI, with “critical” cyber capabilities Astra can autonomously find and exploit unknown flaws; release limited to vetted Daybreak participants Staggered rollout sparked user frustration; Altman apologized, promising broader access soon OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-6 Astra, its latest and most capable…
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OpenAI puts its money where its mouth is, offers $1 billion in AI credits to cyber defenders
OpenAI launched Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, offering $1B in credits for resource‑constrained security orgs Priority goes to essential services, governments, banks, nonprofits, and open‑source maintainers Initiative includes training, partnerships, and a water‑sector pilot with MS‑ISCA for local defenders OpenAI is offering a billion dollars in credits to security organizations who…
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I thought ChatGPT’s new Stickers feature sounded like peak AI slop — then I made a pack I actually wanted to use
I have developed a fairly strong allergy to the AI slop filling some corners of the internet. It’s not that I haven’t seen impressive demonstrations of what AI models can do visually; it’s just that the baseline creations made by most people are execrable at best and blandly monotonous when…
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